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Another groundless patent leads to plaintiff sanctions.

16 December 2008 Ch. Tronche 0

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FFII's "World day against software patents" on IPKat

3 September 2008 Ch. Tronche 0

First, I must tell that I’m a former FFII member (and a regular IPkat reader). I understand that the somewhat dry style of the FFII […]

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IP blackmail, music new business models

1 July 2008 Ch. Tronche 0

If you threat someone on IP ground, be right, or prepare for retaliation: Groundless patent threat over wine tap leads to Smurfit payout “The industry’s […]

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Software companies see themselves as losing money on patents, according to patent law blog

17 August 2007 Ch. Tronche 0

The Patently-O blog conducted an informal survey by asking its readers “Overall, has your company made money from the patent system?” On the software side, […]

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SCO loses in court… and in stock market.

14 August 2007 Ch. Tronche 0

Judge Rules Novell Owns Key Software This is part of my series “valuation of so-called intellectual property is much less than you may think” (at […]

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The IP specialist, the entrepreneur and the software patent.

18 June 2007 Ch. Tronche 0

Joff Wild wrote in the (excellent) IAM blog that he thought people having fought against the european CII directive, and software patents in Europe in […]

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Microsoft takes $1.52 billion hit in MP3 patent case

23 February 2007 Ch. Tronche 0

In seattlepi.com A Huge amount, even for Redmond giant. Ok, this is only first stage, they’ll appeal. Microsoft’s always been a strong supporter of software […]

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Tronche's software separability test

14 July 2006 Ch. Tronche 1

Should this thing full of software be patentable or not ? A test.

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The entrepreneur, the shoe and the software patent

8 July 2006 Ch. Tronche 0

I’ve once again came across a paper by a reputable magistrate and economist that distinguishes “open source” or “free” (like in free beer) software and […]

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Link of the day: Microsoft protects its partners against patent litigation

10 February 2006 Ch. Tronche 0

Source: The Register. Once again we have to question if patents (essentially software ones) are part of the solution or part of the problem. In […]

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